Pack-hitch.



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A RPLIOATION FILED FEB. 17, 19121 Patented Apr.15, 1913.

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INVENTUR ATTORNEYS A. B. WALKER.

PAOK HITCH.

APPLICATION FILED rmmw, 1012.

1,059,240.- Patented Apr. 15,1913.

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ATTORNEYS UNITEDl snares PATENT OFFICE. I

ARTHUR BERTRAND WALKER, 0F RErUB Ic, wasmne'ron. f

PACK-HLTCI-Li To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, ARTHUR BQWALKER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Republic, in :thecounty of Ferryand State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1 in Pack- Hitches, of which the following, is a specification.

My invention is animprovement in. pack hitches,and has for its object the provision of a simple, inexpcnsivedevice of the character specified, for permitting a pack to be quickly loaded and secured in place without the use of ropes 301' the like, which are liable to slip and loosen theload.

In the drawings, Figure: 1 is a perspective view of the improvement, Fig. 2 is a similar view of a bagfrombelown Fig. 3 is a side View of the improvement' connected to a pack saddle; and, Fig.1 4 is a rear view of! the same. a

In the present. embodiment of the invention, a plurality of pack-bags is provided, each being in the form of a boxl provided with a cover 2 hingedto the box at one side at 3, and provided at the other side with a flap 4 fitting against the outer face of :the bag. The coveris held closed by straps 5 on the box engaging buckles 6 on the cover. Each bag is alsoprovided withrtwo loops 7 on its inner side, the loops passing through slots 8 in the bag, and each loop comprises a strap connected in loop form by a buckle 9. A ring 10 is arranged between the bags, and three straps 11, 11. and:11 lead from each bag to the ring. Each strap is connected rigidly to the ring and detachably to the bag by means of a buckle 12onst-he bag. The straps lland 11 are connected to the ends of the respective bags, andthe buckles 12 to which the said straps areconnectedare held on the ends of a strap 13 which is riveted to the bottom of the bag, and to each end;thereof,! so that the strain is takenoff the bag. Thestrap 11 is attached to the front or outer side of the bag to a buckle 12 on the end of a strap 14: arranged transversely of Qthebottom ofthe bag, and secured tothe bag where the said strap 14 crosses the strap 13.. The outer end of strap14= is also secured to the outer face of the bag, and thelinner end is provided with a ring 15.,

Thecinch straps 16 are attached to the rings 15, and a ringl'l is securedto each end of strap 13 adjacent to the buckle 12 by Speeification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

means of a tab or short strap 19. A similar ring 18 is secured to the outer end of strap 14 adjacent to buckle 12, and a strap 20 has one end secured to the ring. A loop 21 in the form of a strap connected at its ends by a buckle 22 is connected with each ring 17.

Thebags maybe of any desired material, either leather, canvas, or the like, and no ropes are required to hold the pack with the improved hitch.

In operation, the inside strap loops 7 are hungover the horns of the pack saddle. The girth. cinch 16 is then tightly .cinched under the packjanimal, and the bedding and otherarticles to be carried are placed in the pack bags l, and the ring 10is placed above the same, care being taken that it is in the exact center of the pack saddle. straps 11, 11, and ,11" are then buckled tightly to the buckles 12 on the bags, and the packing [is complete. The rings 17 and 18 on the bags with the straps 20 and 21 attached thereto, are intended to be used when carrying feed, flour, or the like in trains The said straps 21. are placed over the horns of the pack saddle, and the cinch strap is buckled somewhat looser than in the previous operation. The flour or feed is now piled in the bags, the said bags forming a sling or basket for the same. The latigo straps 20 are now placed, after which the beddingandthe like is placed above the same, and the ring 10 and straps 11, 11, and 11 are placed above the same, as before described.

The six;

Whenrusedwithout the box or bags 1, the straps 13 and 14 which are riveted together i as shown at 13 in Fig. 2 are placed on the opposite sides of the animal, and the straps after which the straps 20 are buckled liO-. .gether over the saddle, between the front and. the rear horns. Other articles are now A bag 26 of feed piled uponthe bags 26,after which the ring 10 is placedabo-ve the load at the center, and

the straps 11 and 11 are connected with the buckles 12 in. the same manner as shown in.

Fig.1.

I cla1m: 1. A pack hltch comprising 1n comblnation with a pair of pack bags, of a strap arranged longitudinally of the bottom of each bag andeirtending upwardly along the end thereof, a buckle and a ring at each end of thestrap, a strap arranged transversely of the bottom of each bag and extendingupe wardly at the front thereof,a bucklea'nd a ring at the front end of the strap, a cinch strap at the inner end of the strap, a loop detachably connected with the inner side of the bag at each side of the cinch strap, a loop detachably connected with each of the end rings, a loop detachably connected with the front ring, a ring, and straps extendingfrom the ring to the buckles at, the ends of 7 tion with the pack bags, of a central ring the bag and to the buckle at the front thereo 2. A pack hitch comprising, in combina adapted to be arranged between the bags, a

plurality of straps connected at one end with the ring, a pair of crossed straps adapted to be arranged beneath each bag with one of the straps longitudinal of the bag, and the other transverse to the bag, a buckle at each end of the longitudinal strap, a ring on the said strap adjacent to each buckle, a loop connected with each ring, each loop comprisinga strap provided at one end with a buckle and at the other with openings for a the tongue of the buckle, a cinch strap connected with the'inner end of each of the jsaid transverse straps, and a buckle at the outer end of said strap, the said buckle and the 7 buckles of the longitudinal strap being adapted for connection with the other ends of the straps connected to the central ring.

a 3. .A pack hitch comprising a central ring,

straps connected withthe ring at one end, a plurality of pack bags, each baghaving a buckle at, each end and at approximately the center of the outer side for engagement by the center of the inner face of each'bag',,and a cinchstrap between the loops.

the straps of the ring,ia loop at each side of with thebags, a central-ring, and straps connected at one end with the ring, each bag having means at each end and on its outer face for engagement by theistraps. g

5. A pack hitchxcomprising a pan? of crossed connected straps, one ofthe said straps having a buckle at each end and the other strap having a'buckle. at one end; cinch strap connected-to the other end of each of the said last mentioned straps, a cen-1 tral ring, and-a strap! for reachjbuckle con-m nected to the ring and'adapted to engage the buckle.

Witnesses;

J. C. GAIL, J E. Rrr'rnaj Washington, 1).0.

AltTHUR BERTRA NI YWALKER. a g

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